EU should step up engagement with Turkey on human rights, European Commission report says
Turkey has taken important reform steps over the past 12 months but several further reforms are needed and the European
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Greece edging closer to third bailout deal?
Hopes that Athens may be helped to plug a funding gap next year by the European Central Bank agreeing to
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Animal rights activists clash with Polish muslims over ritual slaughter
Animal rights activists disrupted the start of the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice or Kurban Bayram in Bohoniki, north-eastern Poland,
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ECOFIN ministers approve bank supervision, discuss steps towards banking union
European Union finance ministers approved legislation at an October 15 2013 meeting that sets up the Single Supervisory Mechanism. The
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‘These violent acts must cease’ urges top UN envoy in Kosovo in wake of bombing
The head of United Nations mission in Kosovo strongly condemned a bombing on October 14 2013 in northern Mitrovica and
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Romania: Top private companies top fraud scheme with EU funds
Private companies have surpassed local authorities as concerns the weight of EU funds frauds while the overall number of frauds
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Italy, Malta ask for help with migrants
Italy and Malta have appealed for more assistance from other European states to help manage the sharp increase of arrivals
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Slovenia’s dilemma: private borrowing or international aid?
There is no doubt that a double-edged sword of Damocles is nowadays hanging over the Slovenian government of Alenka Bratušek,
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World Bank: Emerging Europe, Central Asia on the rebound
Economic growth in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region suffered during the global financial and Eurozone crises but has started
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